1983 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1983 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
major cash crop is oil palms; peanuts, cotton, coffee, sheanuts, and tobacco also produced commercially; main food crops — corn, cassava, yams, rice, sorghum and millet; livestock, fish
Airfields
9 total, 8 usable; 1 with permanentsurface runways; 4 with runways 1,2202,439 m
Area
53.3 km2; 60% forest; 21% built on, wasteland, and other; 11% leased for air and naval bases; 8% arable Water
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force
Budget
(1982) revenues $168.2 million, current expenditures $103.3 million, development expenditures $83.7 million
Civil air
3 major transport aircraft
Coastline
103 km People
Electric power
21,000 kW capacity (1983); 20 million kWh produced (1983), 80 million kWh imported from Ghana, 5 kWh per capita
Ethnic divisions
61% black, 39% white and other
Exports
$304.3 million (f.o.b., 1982); palm products, cotton, other agricultural products
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
Fishing
catch 24,056 metric tons (1982 est.)
GNP
$1.1 billion (1982), $294 per capita; —4.2% nominal growth during 1982
Highways
3,303 km total; 705 km paved, 2,598 km improved earth
Imports
$590.3 million (f.o.b. 1982); thread, cloth, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, iron, steel, fuels, foodstuffs, machinery, and transport equipment
Inland waterways
small sections, only important locally
Labor force
29,669 employed (1980); 25% clerical, 22% services, 22% laborers, 13% professional and technical, 9% administrative and managerial, 7% sales, 2% agriculture and fishing Government
Language
English
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
3 nm (fishing 200 nm)
Literacy
98%
Major industries
palm oil and palm kernel oil processing, textiles, beverages
Major trade partners
France, EC, franc zone; preferential tariffs to EC and franc zone countries
Military manpower
eligible 15-49, 1,716,000; of the 846,000 males 15-49, 428,000 are fit for military service; of the 870,000 females 15-49, 440,000 are fit for military service; about 39,000 males and 40,000 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes are liable for military service At/antic Ocean
Monetary conversion rate
397.45 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (October 1983)
Nationality
noun — Bermudian(s); adjective — Bermudian
Official name
Bermuda
Population
58,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 0.5%
Ports
1 major (Cotonou)
Railroads
579 km, all 1.000meter gauge
Religion
37% Anglican, 21% other J>rotestant, 28% Catholic, 28% Black Muslim and other
Telecommunications
fair system of open wire and radio relay; 16,200 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 2 AM and 2 FM stations; 1 TV station; satellite station under construction Defense Forces